JUSTICE FOR ALL

Rícky stands without hesitation or compromise in support of a nation that fights unapologetically for justice—not just for the privileged, but for everyone. That fight begins with a bold, public, and relentless affirmation: Black Lives Matter. Not as a slogan. As policy. As principle. As truth. 

Empty rhetoric has plagued this nation for too long. We’ve endured decades of promises with no follow-through. That ends now.

Rícky makes this plain: he will not support any candidate from any party who refuses to say—clearly, publicly, and without qualification—that Black Lives Matter. Silence is not neutrality; it’s complicity. Lives are at stake—including his own. No achievement, no degree, no résumé makes him immune to the deadly weight of a broken system. One traffic stop. One false move. That’s all it takes to become a hashtag.

This country must confront the full scope of its violent inheritance: the African Holocaust, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and the generational trauma still baked into our systems. That reckoning is long overdue—and it will be uncomfortable for many. But comfort was never the goal. Justice is.

As an unapologetic anti-racist, Rícky does not simply denounce bigotry—he works actively to dismantle it. Anti-racism means naming the problem, challenging power, and building a world where Black dignity is never up for debate. That work begins at home, in our communities, and within every institution built on exclusion and exploitation.

The Democratic Party has failed to truly uplift and engage the intersectional realities of Black and Latiné-American communities. Racism didn’t end with the Civil Rights Act—it adapted. It rebranded. Slavery didn’t vanish—it evolved into mass incarceration, police brutality, environmental racism, and generational poverty.

White supremacy is not a relic but a clear and present danger. And no amount of partisan loyalty can excuse a refusal to confront it. There is power in principle—and principle demands action.

We reject all racist counter-protests that seek to derail the movement for equality. We refuse to be pacified with symbolic gestures and incrementalism. Justice delayed is justice denied. The time to act is now.

ACCOUNTABLE POLICING

Rícky envisions an America with a culturally diverse, well-trained, transparent, and accountable police force—one that protects the dignity and safety of everyone, citizen and non-citizen alike. Public safety begins with trust, and trust is built through justice. Every individual—regardless of race, color, or creed—deserves to be protected, not policed with violence.

In this vision, law enforcement officers are guardians, not aggressors. The use of force must be a last resort—not a first instinct. Officers must reflect the communities they serve, with representation at every level and a steadfast commitment to equity and transparency. That’s why Rícky calls for the full implementation of President Obama’s 21st Century Policing Task Force Report across the nation. It’s not just a recommendation—it’s a blueprint for justice.

CHAMPIONING MASS DECARCERATION

Rícky stands firmly against the epidemic of mass incarceration. The current system prioritizes punishment over people—and it’s failing us. He envisions a decarceral America that centers rehabilitation, education, and reintegration over vengeance.

Our children—all children—are the heartbeat of our future. No policy should jeopardize their potential. That means divesting from punitive institutions and investing in the conditions that allow communities to thrive: schools, healthcare, housing, and opportunity.

BANNING THE BOX

Once individuals have paid their debt to society, that debt is settled. Rícky supports a national Ban the Box policy, removing the checkbox on job applications that asks about criminal history. Discrimination against the formerly incarcerated only perpetuates cycles of poverty and punishment. True justice means restoring full citizenship—not conditional survival.

WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS

An apology is not justice. For the wrongfully imprisoned, Rícky calls for robust Wrongful Conviction Compensation legislation—guaranteeing substantial compensation for every stolen year, as well as monthly annuity payments to ensure long-term stability. When the system fails, it must make people whole.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Rícky is unequivocal: it is time to end capital punishment. We do not teach that killing is wrong by killing. The death penalty is morally incoherent, disproportionately racist, and ineffective as a deterrent. True progress lies in eliminating the root causes of violence—poverty, trauma, inequality—not perpetuating state-sanctioned death.

Ending the cash bail system is another essential step in this fight. Justice should never be pay-to-play. Freedom must not depend on the size of your bank account.

A UNIFIED EFFORT

Real criminal justice reform requires action from all three branches of government—the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court. But government alone is not enough.

It’s on us.

Rícky believes in a collective, grassroots commitment to building a justice system rooted in fairness, humanity, and redemption. Together, we can—and must—create the equitable society we all deserve.

FEMINISM IS FREEDOM WORK

Feminism is not a trend. It is a revolutionary framework—a righteous struggle for equity and justice across gender, sex, sexuality, identity, expression, and power. It is interdisciplinary because oppression is intersectional. It is political because silence has never protected the marginalized.

True feminism interrogates inequality at its root: not just in theory, but in lived experience—through the compounded realities of race, class, ability, faith, and queerness. It seeks to liberate us all by dismantling the systems that oppress some for the benefit of others.

Intersectional feminism is not optional. It is the moral baseline. We cannot speak of gender justice without centering those who endure multiple, overlapping injustices. Their voices—too often silenced—reveal the fault lines of our society and the map toward its healing.

DISMANTLING PATRIARCHY

Rícky envisions an America unafraid to call itself feminist. An America that does not tiptoe around patriarchy but confronts it head-on—naming its violence, exposing its reach, and dismantling its power.

Patriarchy is not a relic of the past—it is a daily threat. It shows up in boardrooms, bedrooms, statehouses, and courtrooms. It polices bodies. It silences survivors. It sustains inequality. Rícky believes that this system must be uprooted completely—not reformed, but dismantled.

And let it be clear: feminism is not about men speaking over women. It is about men refusing to remain silent. It is about wielding privilege to disrupt injustice, not to center ourselves.

INTERSECTIONALITY

Feminist struggle must be as diverse as womanhood itself. Rícky affirms the sacred leadership of Black, Brown, Indigenous, trans, queer, disabled, immigrant, and working-class women. These are not side conversations—they are the center.

He calls on white women to recognize that solidarity is more than a sentiment—it is a responsibility. Voting against racism is voting for feminism. A refusal to confront the legacy of whiteness in womanhood is complicity. From the ballot box to the picket line, from the kitchen table to the boardroom, privilege must be wielded in service of justice.

ENDING SEXUAL INJUSTICE

The fight to end sexual violence is non-negotiable. Rícky supports the transformative vision of the Me Too Movement and stands with survivors across all genders. He believes in accountability that is both courageous and just—never reduced to spectacle or silence.

We must believe survivors. We must create pathways for healing. We must reject rape culture in all its forms. And yes, we must ensure equal pay for equal work, because economic justice is gender justice.

Rícky does not just believe in feminism—he lives it.

REPRESENTATION MATTERS

Representation is not a luxury—it is a necessity. Women belong everywhere decisions are made: in Congress, in corporate suites, behind cameras, on stages, in pulpits, in locker rooms. Not as tokens. As leaders.

“Playing like a girl” is a badge of honor. Rícky celebrates the rise of women’s sports, women’s movements, women’s voices. The narrative has changed—and it’s long past time the world listened.

Women are not accessories to male ambition. They are architects of the future.

Let’s build a world worthy of them.

Rícky believes in an America that boldly confronts the catastrophic legacy of colonial imperialism and the devastating impact it continues to have on Indigenous and oppressed peoples. This is not an America that wages war on the impoverished. It is an America that declares war on poverty itself.

He is unapologetically anti-racist and anti-Zionist, and he calls on the federal government to issue full reparations for its documented role in the genocide of Amerindian and Palestinian communities. 

These reparations must not be filtered through bureaucratic delay or political compromise—they must be managed by the communities themselves, with full autonomy and without interference. And every single Amerindian treaty must be recognized, honored, and enforced without exception.

Rícky affirms the historic and spiritual kinship between Amerindian and Afro-descended peoples, forged under the shared weight of slavery, colonization, and systemic violence. These two communities have always stood on the front lines of resistance—and their liberation is intertwined. 

That is why any policy Rícky proposes will be held to a single, immovable standard: if it does not serve both Amerindian and Black American communities equally, it has failed.

Rícky envisions an America that categorically rejects all forms of oppression—racial, sexual, gender-based, religious, economic, or otherwise. This country has long ignored its moral debt, and that negligence is a stain on the national conscience.

But he does not believe in exclusion or echo chambers. Wisdom is not the domain of the few. It rises from dialogue, from dissent, from the unfiltered exchange of experience. Liberation is a collective effort. Solidarity is the only path to real progress.

Rícky champions an America that listens to and stands with the oppressed—not as a gesture of performative allyship, but as a foundation of national policy. That means uplifting the poor. Protecting our children. Centering women. Defending LGBTQ+ rights. Empowering the disabled. And fighting for the dignity of every human being denied a fair chance at life.

No more excuses. No more profiteering from pain. No more comfort for the comfortable while the marginalized suffer in silence.

Every person deserves a seat at society’s table. Because as it is written:

Whatever you did for one of the least of these… you did for Me.

In 2017, homelessness rose across the United States for the first time since the Great Depression. It wasn’t a fluke—it was a symptom. The housing crisis has only deepened since, the result of decades of policy failure, corporate exploitation, and government indifference.

During the Great Recession of 2007 to 2010, millions of Americans lost their homes—families evicted, communities gutted, lives upended. These weren’t accidents. They were the inevitable consequence of reckless lending, deregulated markets, and an economy built to serve the powerful.

At a moment of national crisis, the federal government had a moral decision to make: stand with working families or stand with Wall Street. It chose the latter. Trillions of taxpayer dollars were funneled into bank bailouts. Not to save homes. Not to rescue neighborhoods. But to preserve the profits of the very institutions that caused the collapse. Executives were rewarded with million-dollar bonuses for their failure. Meanwhile, the American people were told to tighten their belts, pick themselves up, and bear the consequences of someone else’s greed.

That betrayal has never been forgotten—and never been corrected. The result is a housing system that treats shelter as a commodity instead of a human right, where profit is valued over people, and where millions live one missed paycheck away from the streets.

Rícky believes in an America where no one is ever without a place to call home. Where dignity is not determined by wealth. Where your ZIP code doesn’t dictate your worth. We must dismantle the predatory lending practices, landlord cartels, and speculative real estate models that have turned our neighborhoods into profit machines. As workers must reclaim control over the means of production, so too must residents reclaim stewardship of the land—our homes, our blocks, our cities.

This is about more than housing—it’s about justice. About restoring power to the people. About building communities rooted in solidarity, not speculation.

It’s time for sweeping, people-first housing reform. For rent justice. For public investment in affordable homes. For community land trusts, cooperative housing, and legal protections that put families before landlords and hedge funds.

The future we deserve is one where housing is not a privilege for the few—but a guaranteed right for all. Our communities depend on it. And together, we will make it real.